All five Cameron County beaches are being closed as a result of what is expected to be Tropical Storm Harvey swirling up the Gulf waters. Beach Accesses 3, 4, 5, and 6, along with Boca Chica Beach will close Thursday morning to vehicles and people, until further notice. Harvey will make the Gulf waters very […]

(AP) – President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that would cut the amount of time the Department of Veterans Affairs takes to decide veterans’ appeals of their disability payments. Trump described the bill as “a big one” as he readied his pen at a signing ceremony at an American Legion event in […]

(AP) – A new study suggests some 50 million people living across Pakistan’s Indus Valley are at risk of arsenic poisoning from tainted groundwater. A Pakistani government research official acknowledged Wednesday that arsenic levels were rising, blaming the “brutal” exploitation of underground aquifers.  The study’s authors determined some 50 million Pakistanis were at risk after […]